“Bitcoin Now More Stable Than Pound”, Says Lily Allen to 5.8 Million Twitter Followers
Lily Allen, English singer and songwriter, recently tweeted to more than 5.8 million Twitter followers about Bitcoin. She is one of the biggest celebrities in the world to mention the crypto-currency. In January 2014, Allen admitted her regret at denying “hundreds of thousands of bitcoin” in exchange for an online concert. She was asked to live stream a concert to the virtual world called Second Life. The unknown organizer offered her bitcoin. She hashtagged herself an “idiot.” The pop singer tweeted: “About five years ago someone asked me to stream a gig live for hundreds of thousNds of....
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Lily Allen regrets that she did not take the gig that was paying "hundreds of thousands of Bitcoins"
Lily Allen has confirmed that she was offered hundreds of thousands of Bitcoins back in 2009 for streaming a live gig on Second Life. She did not think much of the offer and declined it instantly. Now she is regretting her choice. Since the virtual currency is worth more than 900 USD she would have been worth 90 to 180 million dollars more today if she just had said yes to the offer from Second Life. A big mistake anyone?
We have all heard stories of bitcoin-laden hardware buried in landfill, bitcoin pizzas which would have been worth millions today and other missed opportunities. Singer Lily Allen apparently missed out on one such opportunity a few years ago. Allen told the Telegraph that she could have earned more than £6m had she accepted a live gig on Second Life five years ago. She was offered "hundreds of thousands" of bitcoins for the gig and she turned it down. "As if, I said." In Allen's defence, it's hard to blame her for saying no. Most people are wary of bitcoin even today, when many mainstream....
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